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Long before she got death threats for representing the UK in Eurovision in 1971, the world was well-acquainted with Clodagh Rodgers' long legs and short skirts

Bob Stanley

Last updated at 12:02AM, March 26 2012

For the next in his music reissues column, Bob celebrates the forgotten Brit-girls of the 1960s

For every Dusty, Lulu, Petula or Cilla, there were a score of British girl
singers trying to make a name for themselves in the Sixties. They would
usually be the opening act on a package tour, rushed into a studio for a
couple of hours, would put out a single - maybe two - and, when they weren’t
hits, were on the pop scrapheap before they were out of their teens.

Names such as Truly Smith, Cheryl St Clair, Lorraine Silver, Tammy St John and
Cindy Williams will excite hardcore Sixties collectors, but remain unknown
to the wider public. Which is a